Louis kossuth johnson and abbot augustus low



(No Model.)

W L in AN .A m m m 0 n NN w R .Y KT L No. 593,667. Patented Nov. 16,1897.

U ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS KOSSUTH JOHNSON AND ABBOT AUGUSTUS LOW, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNORS TO THE ALDEN TYPE MACHINE COMPANY,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TYPE-CONTAINING CHANNEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 593,667, dated November 16, 1897.

Application filed March 30, 1 8 9 6.

To an whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, LoUIs KOSSUTH J OHN- SON and ABBOT AUGUSTUS Low, citizens of the United States, residing in the city of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Type-Oontainin g Channels, of which the following is a specification suflicient to enable others skilled in the art to which the invention appertains-to make and use the same.

Our improvements relate to type-containing channels designed for use in connection with our system of forwarding in the settercase whole words or combinations of characters for removal by hand.

By our present invention we are enabled to make the channel in two parts of standard size, stamping; them out by machinery, and thereby reducing the cost of manufacture, at the same time providing for their ready adj ustment to any change in word or combination of characters.

The object is to afiord a standard channel of simple construction adapted to the requirements of words or combinations of different lengths; and-the invention consists inthe special construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

It is to be understood that the types in the channels are arranged on their flat sides, the

different characters forming the word or combination arranged in proper order one upon another, one combination succeeding another; and the space between the lower end I of the spine and the type-supporting shoulder ought to correspond to the length, or, rather, height, of the combination in order to admit the type-forwarder and to prevent the latter disturbing or carrying backward the type next above during its retractile movement.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of our improved channel; Fig. 2, an elevation of the left-hand side of the channel; Fig. 3, an elevation of the righthand side of the channel; Fig. 4., an elevation of the rear of the channel; Fig. 5, an elevation of the right-hand side wall; Fig. 6, an elevation of the left-hand side wall; Fig. 7,

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an elevation of the bottom of the channel; Fig. 8, a sectional view upon line 8 8, Fig. 2.

The channel consists of two side walls A B, on one of which is formed the spine 60 and on the other of which is formed the type-support b. The type-support 21 projects laterally inward from the lower end of the side plate or wall B, which in the arrangement shown in the drawings constitutes the left-hand side wall of the channel, although it is obvious that the arrangement of the side walls or plates may be transposed without departing from our invention. The spine a on the righthand plate A terminates some distance above the lower edge of the said plate A, so that when the plates are together, as in Figs. 1, 2, 8, 4, and 8, a space or recess 5 will'be formed between the side walls, the lower end a of the spine a, and the type-support b, as clearly seen in Figs. 1, 4, and 8. This space 8 may be varied in length or height by adjusting the plate B upon the spine a of the plate A. This adjustment may be effected in various ways, and we do not confine ourselves. specially to the means shown in the drawings, in which set-screws c c are shown as securing the plate B to the spine a, the plate B being formed with the longitudinal slot 19', which admits of the movement of the plate B longitudinally when the screws are loosened. It

will be seen that these screws 0 c are near the upper end of thechannel, so that they do not interfere with the channel-holders or operative parts below, and no special provision has to be made for their accommodation.

The spine (1 is provided with a loop or handle L, by which the channel may be conveniently raised or lowered to insert or remove it from the distributor or setter case or transport it from one place to another Owing to the simplicity of the construction of our improved channel and from the fact that it is made in two parts it can be conveniently stamped or forged by machinery, effecting economy in the manufacture, while attaining the desideratum of a channel which is standard in character and also adjustable to meet all requirements.

Where it is desired to render the channel adjustable in widtlngage-screwsp are inserted in the spine (0 to act in conjunction with the set-screws c c to maintain the desired relation between the side walls A B, the abutting ends of the gage-screws 2) being preferably flat and their position being intermediate with relation to the set-screws c c.

lVhat we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A type-containing channel consisting of a plate, a spine ending above the lower end of said plate, and of a second plate formed with a type-support upon its lower end, said plates being secured together by means which permit of their adjustment with relation to each other, substantially in the manner and for the purpose described.

2. A type-containing channel consisting of the plate A, formed with the spine a, ending LOUIS KOSSUTH JOHNSON. ABBOT AUGUSTUS LOlV.

Witnesses:

GEORGE WILLIAM MIATT, D. W. GARDNER. 

